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A devout Catholic who opposes paying dues to one of Canada's largest unions because of its strong support for gay marriage lost a key legal challenge yesterday.
Susan Comstock of Toronto, who has worked as a senior federal public servant for almost 35 years, had sought to divert the money to her church in protest.
She unsuccessfully argued that forcing her to pay about $800 a year in dues to the Public Service Alliance of Canada violated her right to freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.
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She said she found out about her union's support for gay marriage in a memo distributed during the 2004 federal election campaign, in which PSAC vowed "zero tolerance" for homophobia and "heterosexism," which it defined as "the presumption that everyone is heterosexual and that heterosexuality is superior to other forms of loving."
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Comstock said in court documents she is so strongly opposed to same-sex marriage that she left the Anglican church because of its "ambiguous" position, becoming a Catholic in 2004.
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